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UNRWA: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza since two weeks

Date: 2025-03-17 11:47:41 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:11105568

GAZA CITY, March 17 (MENA) - The UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that no humanitarian aid has entered Gaza since two weeks as the Israeli authorities stopped allowed humanitarian deliveries on March 2. In a ....

Settlers storm al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Date: 2025-03-17 10:52:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11105371

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Scores of Israeli settlers on Monday broke into the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem under heavy protection from the Israeli police, according to witnesses. The settlers raided the holy mosque from the ....

Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli bombing of civilian gathering in Gaza

Date: 2025-03-17 10:51:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:11105376

GAZA CITY, March 17 (MENA) - A number of young men were killed and wounded Monday afternoon when an Israeli drone bombed a gathering of citizens near the Wadi Gaza Bridge in the central Gaza Strip, according to Waga news agency. Three young ....

Israeli occupation continues aggression on Jenin, its camp for 56th consecutive day

Date: 2025-03-17 10:01:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11105279

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Israeli occupation continued its aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the 56th consecutive day, amidst razing, burning homes and converting houses into military barracks. Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said ....

UNICEF: Palestinian children remain deprived of essential supplies, services

Date: 2025-03-17 09:32:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11105215

RAMALLAH/NEW YORK, March 17 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that children in Palestine are the victims of this relentless conflict with nearly all of the 2.4 million children living across the West Bank, including East ....

Netanyahu says he’ll fire Shin Bet chief Bar; AG says he can’t before legal review

Date: 2025-03-17 07:56:08 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:11105095

RAMALLAH, March 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his intention to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, bringing to a head months of growing disagreements between the two men, reported the Times of Israel ....

ADC files case challenging Trump's deportation measures against Palestinian cause backers

Date: 2025-03-16 22:20:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:11104907

WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) on Sunday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of US President Donald Trump administration's measures to deport foreign students and researchers who ....

70,000 worshipers perform Isha, Tarawih prayers at al-Masjid al-Aqsa

Date: 2025-03-16 21:18:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:11104925

RAMALLAH, March 16 (MENA) - Tens of thousands performed Isha and Tarawih prayers Sunday at at al-Masjid al-Aqsa (Al-Aqsa Mosque) despite strict military restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on access to the mosque, Al-Quds ....

Children in Palestine are victims of relentless conflict - UNICEF official

Date: 2025-03-16 20:24:51 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:11104901

NEW YORK, March 16 (MENA) - The situation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is extremely concerning, UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder said in a statement on Sunday. “I have just concluded a four-day ....

Israel keeps up attacks in Gaza despite truce

Date: 2025-03-16 10:54:49 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:11104117

NEW YORK, March 16 (MENA) - Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza in strikes on Saturday, according to the Gaza health ministry, the latest in a string of Israeli attacks on the enclave that have kept up despite a roughly ....